MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F000.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508031800F000.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: GFS analysis for 1800Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 58.62,-70.04 Latitude: 58.62 Longitude: -70.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 -38 SFC 980 133 8.9 7.0 88 1.9 7.9 319 8 283.7 284.8 282.0 301.5 6.42 2 950 386 6.5 5.8 95 0.7 6.2 320 12 283.8 284.9 281.6 300.7 6.09 3 900 828 4.1 4.0 99 0.1 4.1 310 11 285.8 286.7 282.0 301.7 5.67 4 850 1292 2.2 2.1 100 0.0 2.1 314 9 288.4 289.3 282.7 303.3 5.25 5 800 1780 0.3 0.2 100 0.1 0.3 320 7 291.5 292.3 283.6 305.6 4.87 6 750 2296 -2.2 -2.4 98 0.2 -2.3 320 5 294.2 295.0 284.1 306.8 4.28 7 700 2842 -4.7 -6.1 90 1.4 -5.3 8 4 297.3 297.9 284.4 307.7 3.46 8 650 3422 -7.4 -10.0 82 2.6 -8.4 20 4 300.6 301.1 284.9 309.0 2.75 9 600 4041 -11.2 -14.6 76 3.4 -12.3 71 4 303.2 303.6 285.2 309.6 2.06 10 550 4703 -15.7 -19.0 76 3.3 -16.6 70 11 305.5 305.7 285.5 310.4 1.55 11 500 5415 -21.0 -25.2 69 4.2 -21.8 68 13 307.5 307.7 285.6 310.8 0.99 12 450 6185 -26.5 -36.4 39 9.9 -27.8 98 13 309.9 310.0 285.8 311.3 0.38 13 400 7024 -33.2 -44.9 30 11.7 -34.1 98 16 311.8 311.8 286.2 312.4 0.17 14 350 7948 -39.4 -45.3 53 5.9 -39.8 99 26 315.6 315.6 287.5 316.3 0.19 15 300 8987 -46.8 -51.2 61 4.4 -47.0 97 26 319.4 319.4 288.6 319.8 0.11 16 250 10190 -46.2 -62.6 14 16.5 -46.7 81 6 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.03 17 200 11685 -43.9 -75.1 2 31.2 -44.8 310 6 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.01 18 150 13611 -45.0 -75.9 2 30.9 -46.1 314 16 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.6 0.01 19 100 16307 -47.5 -77.8 2 30.3 -48.7 295 14 436.0 436.0 309.5 436.1 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5452.99 m Freezing level: 793.67 mb = 1845.61 m = 6055.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 794.96 mb = 1830.88 m = 6006.76 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.50 % Est. max temperature: 14.78 C = 58.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.22 mb = 366.75 m = 1203.22 ft T: 6.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 0.77 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.04 mb = 692.70 m = 2272.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 10.32 C = 50.58 F Cap Strength: 6.61 C Lifted Index: 7.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.94 C Showalter Index: 5.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 46.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 23.86 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 57.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14287.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.79 mb = 650.39 m = 2133.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 23.6 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 53.6 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -8.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: -12.4 tot: -5.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 14.26 m/s